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Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death. What needs to be done to improve the situation?

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published Feb. 6, 2025 12:25

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Cardiovascular diseases are still the leading cause of death in Poland. They are responsible for nearly 35 percent of deaths, and the total cost of managing CVD is PLN 56 billion, or PLN 1,200 per capita. These are the conclusions of the report "Toward Improving Cardiovascular Health in Poland," prepared for Infarma by PwC. Risk factors are still primarily hypercholesterolemia, physical inactivity and hypertension. The report's creators identify key challenges in the quest for improvement.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major public health challenge throughout Europe, and particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. Here, cardiovascular health outcomes are poorer than in other regions of the continent. Lifestyle is largely responsible for this: smoking, physical inactivity and the epidemic of overweight and obesity. The key risk factors for CVD are hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and hyperglycemia.

Poland is one of the few countries in Europe to have implemented a strategy to reduce the number of heart patients and, as a result, reduce the number of deaths from CVD. At the core of the National Program on Cardiovascular Diseases (NPChUK) for 2...

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